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SEDC directors weigh lift station options, signage

A lift station for the sewage project in the Stockdale Industrial Park may be on the way, as part of an in-kind agreement with the Stockdale Economic Development Corp. (SEDC) and Omni Energy, also known as Gibson Energy and Keeton Services. The matter was among items addressed May 13 by the SEDC board.

Omni Energy’s in-kind agreement with the SEDC, a $20,000 infrastructure (sewage) project, will serve every potential SEDC prospect on the west side of Business Park Avenue. (See “Gibson Energy makes in-kind offer to SEDC,” April 30.) The company is facing a dilemma: determining the size of the lift station to handle 24-hour capacity. The board did not reach a conclusion and no decision was rendered.

In other matters, the board revisited the issue of signage in the park.

Four businesses are located or expanding within the park: ICP Industries LLC, Stockdale Truck Services, Fox Chapel Oilfield Services, and Omni Energy. All are asking for signage on S.H. 123 and West Wheeler Street, said Stockdale City Manager Banks Akin.

Akin advised that the Texas Department of Transportation will be involved in placement of signs. He suggested a site at the corner of S.H. 123 and West Wheeler Street, where he anticipates “green space.”

Akin and SEDC Director L.H. West supported no signs to be placed at the corner of U.S. 87 and St. Mary’s Street, to discourage truck traffic there.

The item, last discussed in January, will be placed on the agenda for a future meeting.